Game-table



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H. F. ARFF 8: D. BORNHOLDT.

GAME TABLE.

IIIIIII Patented June 12,1883.

ATTORNEYS.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. F. ARFP 81; D. BORNHOLDT.

GAME TABLE. Patented June 12, 1888.

INVENTOR ATTORN WITNESSES 3 1 3 9 7 2 O V N v be fully described andpointed out hereinafter.

the same, reference being had to the accomis made preferably level andvery much like UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANS F. AND DETLEF BOIi-NHOLDT, OF ARCADIA, IOlVA.

GAM E-TABL E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,313, dated June 12,1883,

Application filed April 10, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, Hans FREDERIc Anrr and DETLEEBORNHOLDT, of Arcadia,in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Game- .lables; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of panying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section tln-oughthe line x a: ofFig. 1. I Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the line y ;1Fig.1.

Our invention relates to game-tables upon which games are played bymeans of balls and pins, something after the manner of ten-pins. lt isan improvement upon that form of table in which the pins, after they areknocked down by the ball, are sii'nultaneously set up by a pull-rodrunning to the far end of the table and connected to the pins byseparate cords running through holes in the table and fastened to thebottoms of the pins.

The improvement consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofparts, as will In the drawings, A represents the table, which stands atabout the height of a billiardtable, and is in diameter preferably aboutthree and one-half feet wide by about ten to fourteen feet long. Thesurface 13 of the table a billiard-table, with a slate or cement bottom,covered by felt or billiard cloth. The tablesurface B has no ledge,cleat, or cushion which rises above its level; but the cloth is caughtand distended at its'edges by a strip, 0", over which the balls are freeto roll and be returned to the player by troughs O C 0. Of thesetroughs, G is placed atthe end and inclines both ways from its center,while C C have a gradual inclination to the end at which the playersstand. The outer walls of these troughs'extend upabove the level of thetable-surface, so as to prevent any ball from being driven entirely offthe table and onto the floor; or they constitute, in other words, both aguard-rail and a return-trough. At the end of the table, however, atwhich the players stand the side walls of the troughs O G are lowered toor below the level of the table-surface B for a (No model.)

couple of feet, or more, so as to leave no obstruction to the arms ofthe player. At one end of the table are ten or any number of pins, D,which are to be knocked down by balls of the size of a billiard-ball,driven by cues. Each of these pins is providedwith a string, a, thatpasses through a hole in the table immediately at the spot upon whichthe pin is to stand,

and all of these strings are attached to a board This frame, at oneside, is attached to a spiral,

spring, H, which is fastened to the end of the table, and serves to holdthe board-E tightly against the bottom of the table. The other side ofthe triangular frame is attached to a long pull rod or wire, I, whichruns along the middle of the table to the end at which the playersstand, at which point it terminates in.

a knob, J, on the outside of the end of the table, by means of which thewire is pulled. On thispull-wire is a stop-button, c, which, by strikingagainst the skirt of the table, limits the distance to which the knobcan be pulled. Now, it will be seen that whenever the pins are knockeddown by the players it is only necessary to pull upon the knob J to setthem all up again, for this causes the elbow-levers to turn on theirpivots and bring down the board E, and this, by exerting the pull uponthe strings of the several pins, turns them up on end, which position ismaintained after the knob is released.

In making use of our invention we do not confine it to any particulargame, and we may arrange it to be played by balls and a cue, after themanner of billiards or we may con struct it as a toy to be played withmarbles; or we may make it on a very much larger scale, to be used inthe place of a bowling-alley. For the most part we contemplate using itin connection with billiard-balls and ones. Each one of the ten pins hasa definite value, the two shown at 100 being the highest.

To play the game in accordance with our rules, spot one ball 011 thecenter spot and play from within the line 1 1. The player another ball.must be placed on the spot.

must move the spot-ball before striking the I pins. If. a player runsthe cue-ball into the pins without moving the ball on the spot, the pinsso made cannot be scored. If aball stops between both lines 1 l and 2 2,the next player must play on that ball where it lies on the table. It aball stops behind the second line,

The pins are numbered from one to tenthe red pin 1, king 2, white 3,blue 4, green 5, yellow 6, light green 7, pink 8, black 9, brown 10, andthe two pins at the foot of table 100 each. Each player is allowed tenshots, and after'ten shots are made the scores may be added, and theplayer whose score foots up the most wins the game.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim is 1. The combination,with a game-table, of J inclined troughs placedfbelow the level of the20 table and having their outer walls of greater height than the tableat all points except the end at which the player stands, and having thewalls at this end at or below the level of the table-surface, asdescribed. 2 5

2; The combination, with the table and the pins, of the strings (I, theboard E, the bellcranks F, the spring H, and the pull-rod I, as and forthe purpose set forth.

HANS FREDERIC ARFF. DETLEF BORNHOLDT.

\Vitnesses:

E. H. AGNEw, J. D. ALsH.

